Women at the BSA (1919–1939): Girton College

Six former members of Girton College, Cambridge were admitted to the BSA between the wars:Benton, Miss S. Girton 1907–10.......

Winifred Lamb: Aegean Prehistorian and Museum Curator

Cover image: British School at AthensMy biography of Winifred Lamb is due to be published in September 2018. The study......

BSA students and the Fitzwilliam Museum

My study of donations to the Fitzwilliam Museum by students of the BSA is now available online.Gill, D. W. J. 2012. "From......

Students at the British School at Athens (1918-23)

Students admitted under Alan Wace:Harold Collingham: 1919-20 (Craven Student). Queens' College, Cambridge.M. Tierney: 1919-20.......

Assistant Directors: The Inter-War Years

The Assistant Directors were:Stanley Casson: 1920-23. [DBC]Walter Abel Heurtley: 1923-33. [DBC]Romilly James Heald Jenkins:......

Directors: The Inter-War Years

The Directors of the BSA during the period 1918-1945 were:Alan John Bayard Wace: 1914-23. [ODNB]Arthur Maurice Woodward:......

BSA Students from Cambridge and the Fitzwilliam Museum

Cambridge students made a large contribution to the life and research of the BSA in the period up to the outbreak of the......

BSA: The Cambridge Contribution

As Cambridge University celebrates its 800th anniversary (BBC), it is worth remembering the university's contribution to......

BSA Students and Folklore

Folklore was an element of student research. The Cambridge emphasis can probably be traced back to J.G. Frazer (himself......

BSA Corporate Subscriptions (1894-1918)

The re-organisation of the BSA under Cecil Harcourt-Smith brought about an increase in the amount of money attracted from......

BSA Students and Crete in the First World War

Students of the BSA had been involved in a series of excavations across Crete since the foundation of the Cretan Exploration......

John Ellingham Brooks

One of the more shadowy students at the BSA was John Ellingham Brooks (1863-1929). He had been educated at St Paul's College,......

Cretan Exploration Fund: Anthropology

Human and animal remains from excavations of the Cretan Exploration Fund were send to Professor William Boyd Dawkins (1837-1929)......

Obituary: Nicolas Coldstream (1927-2008)

Nicolas Coldstream, best known for his work on Early Iron Age Greece, died on March 21, 2008. He was born on March 30,......

Sparta: a visit in 1914

In the spring of 1914 Agnes Ethel Conway (1885-1950) and Evelyn Radford (1887-1969) visited Sparta as part of a wider tour......

Melos: the churches

In April 1896 Robert Carr Bosanquet, who had been left in charge of the excavations while Cecil Harcourt-Smith was in Athens,......

Cambridge: Chancellor's Classical Medals

BSA students who were awarded the Chancellor's Classical Medals.1886: Montague Rhodes James.1889: William Loring. (Equal......

Cambridge: Sir William Browne's Medals

BSA students who won the Sir William Browne Medals.1877, Greek Epigram: Hercules Henry West1889, Latin Ode: Edward Ernest......

Cambridge, Classical Tripos, Part 2: Subject Choice

The results for Part 2 of the Classical Tripos indicate an emphasis on Classical Archaeology.1884-95From 1881 the section......

Classical Archaeology at Cambridge

Some of the influences on Cambridge students at the BSA in the period up to the First World War included the following......